*February bonus Avios offerThe February bonus Avios offer is open to all … *February bonus Avios offerThe February bonus Avios offer is open to all Tesco Clubcard holders and is valid when you exchange Clubcard vouchers for Avios between 26/01/12 and 31/03/12. Bonus Avios will be awarded in a separate transaction within 28 days of standard Avios being awarded. Standard Avios take up to 28 days to be awarded.400 bonus Avios will be awarded for every whole 250 Clubcard points or £2.50 Clubcard voucher exchanged.

Edited by: "thepearce" 1st Jan 2011

1st Jan 2011

Is there sarcasm there ?A Merlin annual pass is ONLY £42.50 of Clubcard vouchers sticking entirely within Tesco Clubcard!tesco.com/clu…393

You have to LAUGH - or is it CRY - at how Avios manage to make everything as clear as mud - eg running a special "FEBRUARY" offer that the small print says runs from 26/1 to 31/3. It seems unfortunately to be a part of their entire mentality to make it all as complex/confused as they can.

MKD

Edited by: "mk-donald" 1st Jan 2011

1st Jan 2011

So does this mean I can fly to Paris for £22.50? (9,000 Avios gets you there)

Original Poster

1st Jan 2011

Haha didnt know about the clubcard points sorry, and the guy on the phone told me 1000 hmmm should expire this really!

1st Jan 2011

gsloman

So does this mean I can fly to Paris for £22.50? (9,000 Avios gets you … So does this mean I can fly to Paris for £22.50? (9,000 Avios gets you there)

Return flights costing 20,000 Avios or less are inclusive of taxes, fees and charges, but are subject to a flat £27 payment, if you’re a ‘regular collector’ (ie. you’ve collected at least one Avios in the last 12 months). Anyone who hasn’t collected an Avios in the last 12 months will have to pay taxes, fees and charges.

Edited by: "thepearce" 1st Jan 2011

1st Jan 2011

gsloman

So does this mean I can fly to Paris for £22.50? (9,000 Avios gets you … So does this mean I can fly to Paris for £22.50? (9,000 Avios gets you there)

now its gone over to avios do you need to add taxes, that were included in the old airmiles scheme

Original Poster

1st Jan 2011

So paris for £50 not so bad?

1st Jan 2011

whats the whole point ? i enquired about a flight to india and it cost me 50000 avios points as well as just above £ 300 for taxes and charges .. at the same time i can get emirates flight just for £ 419.00 at the moment ... i would rather spend the clubcard points at 4x somewhere else(glodsmiths, pizza express or somewhere)

1st Jan 2011

luketemple

So paris for £50 not so bad?

Paris is not as good value as it used to be (equivalent of 7,500 avios & no cash)....but still not too bad if you qualify for reward saver. Some destinations are now a better deal (eg Berlin)....very useful chart here : bestflightsales.com/fre…le/

For anything outside Europe it's now much more expensive due to taxes/charges (reward saver not available for these).

Edited by: "thepearce" 1st Jan 2011

1st Jan 2011

Bonus Avios in February

We're topping up your Avios all February 2012 – giving you hundreds of extra Avios free when you exchange*

Exchange your Clubcard vouchers for Avios during February 2012For every £2.50 in Clubcard vouchers, get 400 bonus AviosThat's on top of the standard 600 Avios you usually collectAnd you can do it as many times as you like.

1st Jan 2011

JVB

whats the whole point ? i enquired about a flight to india and it cost me … whats the whole point ? i enquired about a flight to india and it cost me 50000 avios points as well as just above £ 300 for taxes and charges .. at the same time i can get emirates flight just for £ 419.00 at the moment ... i would rather spend the clubcard points at 4x somewhere else(glodsmiths, pizza express or somewhere)

This could be a shock, but the scheme isn't tailored to you...

I personally redeemed most of my Avios on Qantas domestic flights in Australia - where there aren't many taxes etc. so only paid around £5-10 on top of the Avios.

Many people also use them to pay for upgrades into business class where I don't believe you have to pay any additional taxes - but even if you do, the cash saving is enormous.

And finally, there are several BA/partner routes where competition isn't that good, and many more routes where if you wanted a quick get away on a specific date, the price would be a lot higher than normal yet Avios can be used to pay for the bulk of it.

1st Jan 2011

If you live in Aberdeen the Avios deals seem better as we are now included in Europe! We used to have to use more miles to get to Paris but now just the same as everyone in Uk

Not already posted - that thread is about Avios but a different topic.

1st Jan 2011

carole111cat

If you live in Aberdeen the Avios deals seem better as we are now … If you live in Aberdeen the Avios deals seem better as we are now included in Europe! We used to have to use more miles to get to Paris but now just the same as everyone in Uk

Agreed.

It depends where your flying from - Regional Airports score with the new system..

I'm in Aberdeen and the only place I could really get for a reasonable amount of airmiles was within the UK (750 airmiles). I could add another 500 Airmiles & that would then get me as far as Paris (so 1250 Airmiles).

With the new system however I can now get (& have booked) flights from Aberdeen to Nice for 9000 "Avios" (the equivelant of 900 Airmiles) plus £27.

Getting anywhere in Europe aint cheap from sunny Aberdeen so for me its a good deal.

(copied from other Avios thread).

1st Jan 2011

Tomb

Not already posted - that thread is about Avios but a different topic.

Ooops, must have had too much last night.

1st Jan 2011

how are you guys able to book so cheaply when i try and book on the site using my avios points (i have 45k) i get charged circa £150 per person on a trip to paris from ggow or £75 per person london to glasgow) this is taxes yours dont seem to be charged? am i doing something wrong?

2nd Jan 2012

clnmckec - Jan 01, 2012 21:02how are you guys able to book so cheaply when i try and book on the site using my avios points (i have 45k) i get charged circa £150 per person on a trip to paris from ggow or £75 per person london to glasgow) this is taxes yours dont seem to be charged? am i doing something wrong?

looks like you arent eligible for the Reward Flight Saverm you will need to have collected at least 1 avios in the past 12 months